Incident Cessna 560XL Citation Excel PP-JGV,
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Date:Friday 26 May 2017
Time:13:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic C56X model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel
Owner/operator:Gabinete Militar do Governo
Registration: PP-JGV
MSN:
Year of manufacture:2000
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Manaus-Amazonas-Brazil -   Brazil
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:SBEG
Destination airport:SBBZ
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The jet leased by the Brazilian military carrying the Governor of the state of Goias and his family was returning from a weekend trip to the Caribbean landed in Manaus for refueling. After all the procedure was done the plane took off uneventful but during the initial climb the co-pilot window cracked, for safety reasons the captain descended the plane to safe altitude and requested the tower priority landing. The plane landed uneventful and went to the maintenance area, the Governor and his family returned home using commercial airline. The plane has being fixed three days later and was then dispatched to Brasilia.

Sources:

Airport Operator.

Revision history:

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27-Jun-2017 06:28 atfieldxtc Added

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